Margaret muzzled.MARGARET Cho has been silenced before--Omni Hotels unplugged her mike 10 minutes into her act at its convention in June--but at the Democratic National Convention in Boston, it was a coalition of gay rights groups who fired the firebrand fire·brand n. 1. A person who stirs up trouble or kindles a revolt. 2. A piece of burning wood. firebrand Noun bisexual comic. Cho was disinvited from performing at a party dubbed Unity 2004 because of a feared "media firestorm" her anti-Bush material could ignite, according to a spokesman for the Human Rights Campaign. "We thought it important that nothing overshadow o·ver·shad·ow tr.v. o·ver·shad·owed, o·ver·shad·ow·ing, o·ver·shad·ows 1. To cast a shadow over; darken or obscure. 2. To make insignificant by comparison; dominate. or upstage the message of electing John Kerry," explained HRC HRC Human Rights Campaign HRC Human Rights Council (UN) HRC Human Rights Commission HRC Hard Rock Cafe HRC Hillary Rodham Clinton (democratic senator/presidential candidate; former first lady) executive director Cheryl Jacques. Soon after the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) is a nonprofit organization that supports grassroots organizing and advocacy for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights. Founded in 1973, NGLTF works to strengthen the gay and lesbian movement at the state and local levels while withdrew its support from the event. So much for Unity 2004. Cho had no hard feelings toward HRC. "I will continue to do my part to rise above the unjust and unfair," she said in a statement, "even when that justice and fairness is being withheld by my own people." |
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